ἀμφαφάω

amphaphao

touch or feel all round

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 6
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4277
Book 8 2
Chapter ?

8196
8215
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15462
Book 19 2
Chapter ?

19475
19586
Iliad 1
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Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22373

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμφαφάω,

touch or feel all round, κοῖλον λόχον ἀμφαφόωσα Od. 4.277; καί κʼ ἀλαὸς . . διακρίνειε τὸ σῆμα ἀμφαφόων by feeling it, 8.196; handle, τόξον ἐΰξοον ἀμφαφόωντας 19.586; 2 sg. ἀμφαφάεις Orph. L. 528; Ep. impf. ἀμφαφάασκε Mosch. 2.95:—also Med. like Act., τὸν μὲν . . χείρεσιν ἀμφαφόωντο Od. 15.461, cf. 19.475; τόξον οἶδα . . ἀμφαφάασθαι (Ep. inf.) 8.215.

2. of persons, μαλακώτερος ἀμφαφάασθαι easier to deal with, Il. 22.373.—Ep. Verb used by Aret. in forms -όωσι SD 2.4, CA 1.1; -όωντα ib. 2.4; cf. ἀμφαφᾷς· ψηλαφᾷς, Hsch.

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